# The Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, Rule 15.32: Calculation of voting rights: special cases


(A1) In a decision procedure in respect of a moratorium under Part A1 of the Act, a creditor under a hire-purchase agreement is entitled to vote in respect of the debt due and payable by the company at the decision date.
(B1) In calculating the amount of any debt for the purpose of paragraph (A1) no account is to be taken of any amount attributable to the exercise of any right under the relevant agreement so far as the right has become exercisable solely by virtue of a moratorium for the company coming into force.
(1) In an administration, a creditor under a hire-purchase agreement is entitled to vote in respect of the amount of the debt due and payable by the company on the date on which the company entered administration.
(2) In calculating the amount of any debt for the purpose of paragraph (1), no account is to be taken of any amount attributable to the exercise of any right under the relevant agreement so far as the right has become exercisable solely by virtue of—
(a) the making of an administration application;
(b) a notice of intention to appoint an administrator or any matter arising as a consequence of the notice; or
(c) the company entering administration.
(3) Any voting rights which a creditor might otherwise exercise in respect of a claim in a creditors' voluntary winding up or a winding up by the court of an authorised deposit-taker are reduced by a sum equal to the amount of that claim in relation to which the scheme manager, by virtue of its having delivered a statement under rule 15.29, is entitled to exercise voting rights.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1024/rule/15.32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-england-and-wales-rules-2016/rule-15.32
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